University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde launches LLM Law, Technology and Innovation course
International applicants are eligible to apply for the Humanities & Social Sciences Postgraduate Taught International scholarship, further enhancing the accessibility of this unique course.
The University of Strathclyde Law School has launched a new LLM Law, Technology and Innovation course. The course offers a blend of legal and technological skills, taught by subject experts and visiting international scholars.
Interested students can apply for the new course at the official website — strath.ac.uk.
Graduates will have the opportunity to build their own technological projects while gaining an understanding of the law that regulates the design, development and distribution of technology internationally.
Students will explore legal issues related to innovation and leadership in the context of shifts toward automated decision-making and algorithmic regulation driven by AI, machine learning, big data and other advances in computing power. There will be opportunities to learn coding languages and gain a better understanding of algorithmic bias. Elective modules cover a wide range of topics, including coding for lawyers and legal applications, statistics and machine learning for lawyers, cyber security law, the economics of digital markets, Human rights and digital technologies etc.
The LLM Law, Technology and Innovation course may be completed over one year (full-time). Upon successful completion of six modules and a summer project, students will be awarded the LLM degree. The summer project options include a dissertation, internship, consultancy, enhanced research proposal, or coding project, allowing students to tailor their learning experience to their interests and career goals.
Additionally, students have the opportunity to apply to do an internship or consultancy as their summer project in preference to a dissertation. Students will spend a minimum of 100 hours working for or embedded with an external organisation; specific arrangements will vary depending on the needs of the external organisation. Students have the opportunity to build basic technology projects in the technological modules, and can then go on to build a more advanced technology project as their summer project in preference to a dissertation.
Eligibility, tuition fee
A first or second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in Law or any other discipline is required to be eligible to apply for this course. Other qualifications may be accepted where the applicant has relevant work experience. Also, a Law or Computer Science degree is not required for entry to this programme.
The fee for international students joining this course is £21,700 for 2024/25. International applicants are eligible to apply for the Humanities & Social Sciences Postgraduate Taught International scholarship, further enhancing the accessibility of this unique course. The value of the scholarship is £4,000 – £5,000. Students must hold an offer to a full-time postgraduate taught degree programme starting in academic year 2024/5 before their scholarship application will be considered.
